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The Media Development Assessment 2010 is an evaluation of the rapidly changing media climate in Bhutan. The study, based on the UNESCO media development indicators (MDIs), is the first of its kind to be conducted in the country. This assessment of MDIs provides an analysis of the media and communications environment in Bhutan against internationally accepted standards and principles. 

The indicators delineate critical areas of media development, ranging from freedom of expression and diversity of media to professional and infrastructural capacities of the media industry. Given the crucial roles of the media, this study on media development is particularly significant and timely as Bhutan has now introduced democratic reforms. In less than a decade, there has been a rapid increase in media organizations in the country as a result of a liberalized media policy.